Can non-clinical community placements enhance medical students' understanding of the social determinants of ill health?

Teaching the social determinants of health using classroom methods and medical settings is not effectual, yet few institutions require students to undertake placements in non-clinical settings. We sought to understand through qualitative investigation how non-clinical community placements contributed to students' understanding of health disparities.
Source: Public Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Tags: Short Communication Source Type: research